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Brazilian company Companhia Vale do Rio Doce is amongst those companies who have looked at Helguvík in the southern peninsula in Reykjanes. The company, which runs iron manganese factories in Norway and France is looking to build a factory in the Icelandic inlet.

According to the Icelandic Work Institute, work permits for further foreign Impregilo workers will not be issued until at least next week, or until a result is reached at the Ministry of Social Affairs on Impregilo's wage agreements.

Deputy leader of the Progressive Party, Minister of Agriculture Gudni Ágústsson said in a talk show last Sunday that the decision to support the war on Iraq had not been discussed in Parliament until the decision had been made.

Yesterday marked the ten year anniversary of the Súdavík avalanche which caused losses in six families. Two hundred people attended the service at the local church and one family donated a painting " Rescue," to the local rescue team.

German authorities announced that they have arrested two Icelanders involved in a smuggling operation between Iceland and Germany. They are currently searching for the collaborators to the two fishermen who have already been arrested and sentenced.

Following a newspaper ad, ten Icelanders have been hired to work for Impregilo at the Kárahnjúkar dam in east Iceland. The Italian contractors plan to advertise for more Icelandic workers in upcoming weeks.

Kofi Annan, managing director of the United Nations has appointed Steinar Berg Björnsson as his special assistant in Liberia. Björnsson, who has worked for the peace corps since 1990 and last worked in Sierra Leone, will be the deputy director of the peace corps in the country.

Icelanders pay more than other Nordic countries for medication according to a new survey by NOMESCO. However, Icelanders use less medication than the other Nordic countries, with the exception of drugs for mental illness.

A large group of Icelanders is organising a nation-wide collection of money for the victims of the Tsunami disaster. The event, called Neydarhjálp í Nordri (Emergency aid from the North) will be broadcasted on RÚV, channel 2 and Skjár Einn and various local celebrities will appear.

Lawyers made their cases yesterday for twelve hours at the Icelandic High Court. The Icelandic Fair Trade Authority found Iceland's three largest oil companies Shell, Olís and Esso guilty of price fixing late last year and fined them.